Independence

Independence is a city in Missouri and the seat of Jackson County. It was founded on 29 March 1827 and became an important frontier town, and it became a center of the fur trade as well as the starting point for the Oregon Trail, California Trail, and Santa Fe Trail. It was the site of two American Civil War battles, in 1862 and 1864, and it became a secondary city as Kansas City grew in size and eclipsed Independence. In 2018, Independence had a population of 116,925 people.